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Something fun for you all - over here in my neck o the woods, is an alive and well art colony. Also a fishing village.
The two have met many times 
Here is an instance where the meeting has gone ABSOLUTELY viral in a good way.
Not skids this time but .... my mother
She decided to come into town and to be nice and a good daughter I told her she could stay at my place.
Im regretting everything...
Not only is my new place smaller (so I can't hole up in my room to avoid having to make small talk/entertain) but she decides to stay mf ing SEVERAL days as if I'm just as job-free as she is
Like look here, just because you're retired doesn't mean I wanted you to invade my space while I'm working from home and glued to my desk.
Back in my past I used to be hell on wheels on because the dude I procreated with (huge mistake because that fool didn't deserve my birthing/parenting efforts although I did have a pretty and healthy baby) .... was a complete narcissistic ahole who enjoyed driving me to the brink of neuroticism every time for his narcissistic supply.
Anyways I used to be triggered by another woman dealing with my kid but after some time I realized ... if my kid isn't being abused or neglected then I need to chill and focus on myself during his parenting times.
Back again! Just ventting since I have no one else I can be honest with. And maybe some more advice on how to disengage further I guess. Last night I heard DH digging into SS11 last night about grades and missing assignments. He still has a D in 1 class and an F in another. Not much different from last quarter where it was the same and SS was "grounded" from xbox which never happened. DH grounded him from Xbox again last night... and less than 24 hrs later he is playing Xbox with his Dad. Did his grades suddenly improve overnight? Nope. Lol honestly it's laughable.
Well its actually high speed ahead with work. But slower down here in the cesspool of dysfunction.
SD25 Feral Forger - posting about shes now nueuro divergent, ADHD, and autistic. Hmmmmmmm maybe, I couldnt say, I am not around her at all and she is BLOCKED. I do like to check in on the downlow. Nothing going on there, and heard through other sources shes got a job. Stress is off there.
Wont know until May 24 if SD17 princess powersulk will graduate, but Im not asking, just biding my time focused on other things.
Have y'all ever noticed just how annoyingly insecure Bio/Disney parents are the moment you address your concerns how overly child-centric they are and how that behavior negatively affects your adult relationships?
Stable Step-Parent: "I would like a schedule of your parenting times"
Delusional Disney Parent: "You're trying to keep me from spending time with my kids"
Stable Step-Parent: "Your kids need to clean up behind themselves"
Delusional Disney Parent: "You're trying to treat my kids like sl@ves!"
Normally, I feel better after a therapy session, but after yesterday, I don't. I feel more anxious and uncertain. My T and I talked about the issues lately with SS13. She hasn't met SS, but she does have a background working with kids in that age group. She's always really good about not putting labels on things, not directing me one way or another, just giving insight, guidance and helping me work through things to come to my own decisions and conclusions. But yesterday, I chronicled the issues and my feelings.
She said:
So it has been about 8 months since I have last posted. Hard to believe. And here I am still in pain. You would have to go back and read my previous blogs, but the short of a long story is that my fiance left me and my daughter (who he helped raise for 8 years) on Christmas Day 2022, unexpectedly. He left the house we own together and left me with all of the financial upkeep and maintenance. He got a tiny apartment and invited his youngest adult mentally ill daughter to live with him. (He regrets leaving.
Although BM is and always has been the driver behind the skids' god-awful behavior, the skids are well into adulthood, so I haven't given BM much thought over the past several years. In fact, when I learned a few years ago that she had been doing well financially, I thought, good--she should be ok in retirement. I noted her attempts at "buying" more "love" and devotion (kind of sealing the deal) from the now-grown skids, but, well, it didn't surprise me, so it was just another thing.
Let me start out by saying that I am a long time Lurker and First TIme Poster. Hard to believe, but I didnt realieze I Had tentatively signed up to be a member 13 years ago. I must have been too chickenshit to post anything even though I really needed the support. Maybe I was too still too worried about being found out or so cyncial that I thought Id still get backlash. No offense to anyone. I Have no idea what took me so long to break my silence here. There is just wayyy too much to unload here and feeling too overwhelmed and burnt out to have the strength to get into everything.